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plural op-eds
A newspaper page containing signed articles by commentators expressing viewpoints that may not agree with those espoused by the editorial board, traditionally printed opposite the editorial page. examples
comparative more op-ed, superlative most op-ed
Of or being a newspaper page, usually opposite the editorial page, that features signed articles expressing personal viewpoints. quotations examples
The question was probably bottomed on a combination of phrases in a Washington Post op-ed article that appeared not three months before by Richard Haass, who was a foreign-policy adviser in both Bush administrations and is now president of the Council on Foreign Relations.
2009/05/08, William Safire, Choice or Necessity
Of an article, written in a style suitable for publication as an op-ed. quotations examples
For a more ‘op ed’ approach to the current state of the Hong Kong art scene see my recent article "Doer's Droop," South China Morning Post, August 23, 2005, C6.
2005, Art & Collection Group, Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art
Of a person, regularly expressing viewpoints by means of op-eds. quotations examples
Descriptions of him vary from "aggressively intelligent," "inventive," "articulate," "the most ‘op-ed’ academic in the field of education" to "arrogant" "combative," "hostile," and "dismissive" of ideas not his own.
1991, New York Times, The New York Times biographical service, volume 22, Arno Press
third-person singular simple present op-eds, present participle op-edding, simple past and past participle op-edded
(transitive, intransitive, rare) To write an op-ed article. quotations
Getting either or both of the Cubs and Red Sox into the World Series on their hallowed home fields had been a happy possibility nationally discussed and op-edded since July, and when the two teams were again dispatched winless into winter their fans were left with a last gnawing weirdness: […]
2003 November 17, Roger Angell, “Gone South”, in The New Yorker